tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post3082387561319663211..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Leaving, by Richard BradburyRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-10104516124082145182010-04-28T14:16:02.363-07:002010-04-28T14:16:02.363-07:00Very interesting, Ray. I went back to your review ...Very interesting, Ray. I went back to your review of Riversmeet since Douglas is so present in my region (they are trying to put a statue of it on the Courthouse lawn but continue to encounter much opposition). It also brought up the Chartist movement whose demands seem to me to be pretty non controversial though it sounds like they got squashed pretty soundly, particularly at Monmouthshire. What interests me most is how all these things sort of intertwine to produce History.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-14556081289338875082010-04-29T07:23:50.918-07:002010-04-29T07:23:50.918-07:00Douglass seems rather under-rated as a historical ...Douglass seems rather under-rated as a historical figure; I think the problem is his multi-focus radicalism. He didn't just conveniently limit himself the expected role - escaped slave poster-boy - but got into areas such as female suffrage (and involvement with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull" rel="nofollow">Victoria Woodhull</a>'s nomination for the presidency) that were antagonistic to many even within the Northern US political consensus. Same when he came to Britain: they were expecting a standard anti-slavery line, and it probably shocked a lot of people that he supported the Chartists and the cause of Irish independence.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com